The Night Journey 17:67Quranic text
وَإِذَامَسَّكُمُٱلضُّرُّفِىٱلْبَحْرِضَلَّمَنتَدْعُونَإِلَّآإِيَّاهُفَلَمَّانَجَّىٰكُمْإِلَىٱلْبَرِّأَعْرَضْتُمْوَكَانَٱلْإِنسَٰنُكَفُورًا
Reference 17:67Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 17:67:16
وَكَانَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَكَانَ Quranic text
- Simple
- وَكَانَ
- Without tashkeel
- وكان
- Normalised (searchable)
- وكان
Position
Computed- Verse
- 17:67
- Word in verse
- 16
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:17:67:16
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- And is
- Transliteration
- wakāna
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- كانَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَان
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- كَانَstem · V · ك و ن
Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.
In context
Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 17:67 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →
When harm afflicts you at sea, those you pray to vanish, except for Him. But when He saves you to land, you turn away. The human being is ever thanklessAnd when harm toucheth you upon the sea, all unto whom ye cry (for succour) fail save Him (alone), but when He bringeth you safe to land, ye turn away, for man was ever thanklessWhen a misfortune befalleth you out at sea, they whom ye invoke are not to be found: God alone is there: yet when he bringeth you safe to dry land, ye place yourselves at a distance from Him. Ungrateful is manAnd when distress touches you in the sea, those whom ye call on, except Him, stray away from you; but when He has brought you safe to shore, ye turn away; for man is ever ungratefulSame form · 84 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَكَانَ appears 84 times in the corpus.
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- وَكَانَ4:17:17
- وَكَانَ4:30:9
- وَكَانَ4:39:12
- وَكَانَ4:47:25
- وَكَانَ4:85:17
- وَكَانَ4:92:57
- وَكَانَ4:96:5
- وَكَانَ4:99:7
- وَكَانَ4:100:28
- وَكَانَ4:104:19
- وَكَانَ4:108:17
Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.
- كَانُوا۟2:10:11
- كَانُوا۟2:16:10
- كُنتُمْ2:23:2
- كُنتُمْ2:23:19
- وَكُنتُمْ2:28:4
- كُنتُمْ2:31:14
- كُنتُمْ2:33:21
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- فَتَكُونَا2:35:16
- كَانَا2:36:6
- تَكُونُوٓا۟2:41:8
- كَانُوٓا۟2:57:16
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